Coming of the Seljuks, 1000
A map of Asia Minor and northern Arabia during the revival of Islam under the Seljuk Turks from around AD 1000. The map shows the territories of the Abbasid Caliphate (Bagdad) and other Moslem (Shiite) kingdoms, the territories of the Samanids, Buway...

World at the Beginning of History, 6000 BC
A map of the region of the historic era at the beginning of records, from the southern coast of the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf, and from the Caspian Sea and Zagros Mountains to the Mediterranean and Egypt. The map shows the territories of Assyria,...

The Eastern Empire and the Sassanids, AD 590–628
A map of the Eastern Empire and the Sassanid Empire at the time of Chosroes II (AD 590–628). This map shows the Byzantine territories of Pontica, Cappadocia, Cilicia, the western portions of Armenia and Mesopotamia, Syria, and Egypt, and cities...

The Beginnings of Islamic Power, AD 600–700
A map of the Arabian Peninsula illustrating the beginnings of Islamic power. This map shows the northward movement from Medina and the battle sites of Yarmuk in AD 634 under the command of Khalid against the Byzantine Empire, and Kadessia in AD 637 u...

Growth of Islamic Power after the Death of Muhammad, AD 632–656
A map of Moslem territories illustrating the expansion of Islamic power over the twenty five year period between the death of Muhammad in AD 632 and the death of Othman in AD 656. The map shows the Moslem territory of the Arabian Peninsula under Muha...